Are there more people relevant than you and him? noHe - H? A? M? yesIs your relation to him relevant? not so much this asIs his profession relevant? this, although I have to say I can't remember exactly what he didDid the thing that you think he did happen to you? indirectly to him? no

Is the location of your interaction relevant? yes Did you know the man personally? only for a few days

Was the result of what happened something postive? no Money involved? no Christmas (this is going to be my opening gambit in all puzzles for the next few weeks)? no Was the man serving you at the time? he was performing a service, yes

Did you call him out because your house was being extended, or new electrical wiring needed to be installed to accommodate new appliances or renovations?

Did you believe he had left somnething behind? That he had left it behind in the work he had done (in much the same way a surgeon may leave a scalpel in a patient, or a builder a trowel in the middle of a wall?)

Did you think things were not wired correctly? Or that something had not been properly connected? Was it later revealed that something had gotten into the walls and severed/blocked the connection, and was possibly still there?

Did you call him out because your house was being extended, or new electrical wiring needed to be installed to accommodate new appliances or renovations? We called him out to do some work, but seeing as I can't remember myself exactly what it was, the actual work isn't too relevant

Did you believe he had left somnething behind? no That he had left it behind in the work he had done (in much the same way a surgeon may leave a scalpel in a patient, or a builder a trowel in the middle of a wall?) no

Did you think things were not wired correctly? no, it wasn't anything directly to do with his work Or that something had not been properly connected? ditto Was it later revealed that something had gotten into the walls and severed/blocked the connection, and was possibly still there? no

Did you think he had broken/damaged something in your house? yes Take something from your house? no

To save this from being a guessing game, I thought that he had dropped something onto the top of our radio clock as it was all bent. He hadn't, and a day or so later I realised what had happened. Early spiolers welcome.

Had your clock radio actually suffered a large, sudden impact? If so, did something fall on it? Did something strike it? Did it fall off the dresser and land on its head?

Was the radio, in fact, bent? Did it straighten itself out somehow in the days to come?

Had something gradually bent the clock? Something you hadn't noticed? Is your situation similar to mine in that there is usually a hefty tower of bedtime reading material sitting on the clock that is cleared only very occasionally?

Had someone been turning it off a little too enthusiastically? haha no

Had your clock radio actually suffered a large, sudden impact? no If so, did something fall on it? it looked like it, but no Did something strike it? no Did it fall off the dresser and land on its head? no

Was the radio, in fact, bent? yes Did it straighten itself out somehow in the days to come? no, 25 years on it's still the same!

Had something gradually bent the clock? in a manner of speaking, yes Something you hadn't noticed? correct Is your situation similar to mine in that there is usually a hefty tower of bedtime reading material sitting on the clock that is cleared only very occasionally? yes, but not the cause of the bentness

Was the radio bent through the weight or mass of something on it? no Was this something that was permanently on it, or did it get on and off the clock routinely? this was a one-off situation Was it a kitteh? nope

Was it somehow warped or eroded due to a force other than mass? yes Is sunlight relevant? no, but OTRT Water? no Poltergeists? no

Heat? yes Was it too proximate to a heater? no Was there a fire? no Was there a concentrated beam of light and/or heat yes due to a magnifying glass no or mirror no or some kind of convex yes lens/reflective surface? no

I thought I was too subtle, but, on reflection, I think I'm actually wrong.

If not a pair of glasses, was it the desk lamp? YES, and very subtle!

************** SPOILER ***************

A couple of days after finding the clock bent on top, I realised that the desk lamp was angled directly over the clock. Being the old type of bulb which was very hot, after an hour or so it was not surprising that it melted the thick plastic top

Thanks for sticking with it!

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